Bill Text: NY S06433 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6433 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the calculation of the shelter allowance for persons and families residing in housing subsidized under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S06433 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06433-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6433
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 18, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. FELDER -- (at request of the NYC Housing Authority)
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the  calculation
          of  the shelter allowance for persons and families residing in housing
          subsidized under section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 131-a of the social services law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
     3    (c-1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or of  any  other
     4  law or regulation to the contrary, the shelter allowance for a person or
     5  family  receiving  federal  low-income  housing  assistance  pursuant to
     6  section 8 of the United States housing act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. §  1437f),
     7  as  amended,  shall be the maximum shelter allowance prescribed by regu-
     8  lations of the department.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11820-01-7